La Duena by My Father

La Duena is a cigar blended by Jaime Garcia of My Father cigars and Pete Johnson of Tatuaje cigars. The cigar honors Janny Garcia, who along with her brother Jaime and her father Pepin, run the My Father Cigar company. La Duena means "The Owner" in Spanish. This medium bodied cigar is earthy and sweet with a good dose of spice.

Cigar Origin

Nicaragua

Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.

Strength

Full

Wrapper Color

Maduro

Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.Maduro wrapper can go from dark coffee brown with a reddish tint to blackish brown (the latter also called Oscuro).

Wrapper

USA Connecticut Broadleaf

The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.Connecticut Broadleaf is grown in the United States' Connecticut Valley and is prized for its dark, oily, full flavored and aromatic characteristics. The plants are grown in full sun giving this cigar wrapper its characteristic sweetness. The Connecticut Broadleaf plant leaves are mainly processed as maduro tobacco. Today, Connecticut Broadleaf seeds are being grown in other countries besides the United States.

Binder

Nicaragua

The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together.

Filler

Nicaragua

Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.

Rolled by

Handmade

Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.

Manufacturer

My Father Cigars

My Father Cigars manufactures handmade premium cigars in Miami and Esteli, Nicaragua. The company is owned and operated by Don Pepin, his son Jaime, and his daughter Janny. The "Garcia Family Industrial Park" located in Esteli, Nicaragua is a seven-acre complex with 9 buildings, over 1900 employees, where the Garcias supervise their cigar production from the tobacco field to the roller's table. Their Miami headquarters house 12 rollers that make all of the company's "handmade in Miami" brands.

La Duena is a " veiny stick that is earthy and spicy with touches of cedar and mint. Cinnamon-sugar sweet- ness and a touch of leather add complexity." However, the burn was not quite the expectation I had. I enjoyed the flavors, but for the price I was left wanting.

Was excited of course to smoke a new My Father cigar. The cigar starts off with a good deal of spiciness -- no surprise-- along with some earthy notes and creaminess. Into the second third, spice calms down a bit and earthiness and leather take over along with coffee notes. The spiciness definitely amps up again in the final third along with the earthiness. It's a medium smoke until the last third and then becomes a full body smoke-- full of flavor from beginning to end. The construction was good-- nice ash, no relights. The draw was a bit resistant for my taste so I did poke it once or twice. Overall a nice flavor packed smoke.